Fletcher man charged with breaking into homes

A Fletcher man was arrested and charged Tuesday with breaking into two homes in Asheville, and a Fletcher woman described by police as his "accomplice" was also taken into custody.

From staff reports

A Fletcher man was arrested and charged Tuesday with breaking into two homes in Asheville, and a Fletcher woman described by police as his "accomplice" was also taken into custody. Joshua Weems, 27, of 285 Howard Gap Road, was charged by the Asheville Police Department with two residential breaking-and-enterings in the Kenilworth neighborhood. He faces two counts of felony breaking and entering and two counts of felony larceny after breaking and entering. Brittany Warren, 19, of 512 Willis Way, was charged with a pretrial release violation. She was on probation for a Jackson County conviction at the time of her arrest. She was scheduled to appear in Buncombe County District Court on Tuesday. Warren is being held in the Buncombe County jail in lieu of a $50,000 secured bond. Weems is being held under secured bonds totaling $20,000.Additional charges are expected, linking the duo to a string of crimes in the Kenilworth area, the police department said in a news release.

Outside of her most recent charge, Warren also faces three felony counts of breaking and entering, two felony counts of larceny after breaking and entering, two felony counts of possessing stolen goods and two felony counts of obtaining property by false pretenses. She faces one count each of felony possession of heroin; misdemeanor simple possession of a schedule I controlled substance – a schedule that includes heroin; misdemeanor simple possession of a schedule III controlled substance – a category that includes Ketamine and barbituates; misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia; and misdemeanor possession of marijuana up to a half-ounce.In a Jackson County court on July 2, Warren was convicted of larceny from an offense on Oct. 5 and was given a suspended jail sentence in exchange for a year of probation.